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The Israeli-Gaza morass this week seemed to defy coherent media coverage, reminding me of critic David Thomson’s conclusion about Hollywood war movies and how they “used to celebrate courage, not confusion.”

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Before ‘Godfather,’ Francis Ford Coppola Earned Praise from UCLA and Cannes

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentDecades ago, in his landmark “Biographical Dictionary of Film,” critic David Thomson said of filmmaking legend Francis Coppola: “No one retains so many jubilant traits of the kid moviemaker.” As Coppola approaches production on “Megalopolis,” his biggest, most creatively ambitious project of the 21st century, that description seems more apt than ever.And a quick glance at the Variety archives vividly illustrates Coppola’s explosive emergence as a veritable force of nature while still enrolled as a film student at UCLA.The wunderkind announced his arrival with his name blasted in a Variety page one headline as the winner of a student screenwriting competition.

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Macsween are hoping people can switch to haggis this Christmas with worries over turkey shortage

With fears over a possible turkey shortage this Christmas due to Brexit, one top Scottish producer might have an alternative.

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Dumfriesshire museum at site of world's first saving bank set to be taken over

A “significant step forward” has been taken to safeguard the long-term future of a Dumfriesshire museum at the site of the world’s first savings bank.

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Harthill Royal pick up victory in new manager David Carmichael's debut

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Scots couple in Covid cruise hell after catching virus on luxury liner and ‘abandoned’ in isolation cabin for 25 hours

catching coronavirus on a cruise ship where several other passengers have fallen ill. Marilyn and David Thomson, from Saltcoats, boarded the MSC Virtuosa on September 1 for a relaxing week-long break around the British Isles.

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How Monte Hellman Beat the Devil: An Appreciation

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentOn the release of what was to be the late Monte Hellman’s final feature film in 2011, critic Steve Erickson noted “Monte Hellman is the ultimate outlaw filmmaker.”A decade earlier, filmmaker-critic Kent Jones wrote that “anything written in America about Monte Hellman … cinema’s most under-appreciated great director … must be a defense.”Decades before Jones’ astute assessment, film critic David Thomson had noted, “No system could digest the willful arbitrariness of Monte Hellman’s best films,” which is probably as clear an explanation of why Hellman made only one Hollywood Studio film in a directing career that stretched from 1959 to 2011 and included stints as Jack Nicholson’s filmmaking

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Todd McCarthy On ‘A Light In The Dark: A History of Movie Directors’, David Thomson’s 29th Book

This past week I happily immersed myself in the latest book by protean film critic/biographer/sometime novelist David Thomson, A Light in the Dark: A History of Movie Directors. Even as he approaches 80, the author of the invaluable Biographical Dictionary of Film editions is able to find fresh things to say about such cinematic imperishables as Hitchcock, Welles, Lang, Renoir, Bunuel, Hawks, Godard and Nicholas Ray.

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Neil Doncaster could face court grilling over Dundee vote chaos as Hearts and Partick Thistle QC refuses to rule out 'cross examination'

Dundee vote fiasco, according to a top lawyer. David Thomson QC, who was arguing Hearts and Partick Thistle’s case at the continued Court of Session hearing, couldn’t rule out the need to call witnesses should those two clubs win the day.

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West Lothian couple raise funds for six local care homes

Residents at six local care homes were delighted to receive a cash gift from a generous couple who want to give them a treat once lockdown is over.Lynn and David Thomson wanted to “put a smile on the faces” of people who have been isolated in care homes unable to see their families since the middle of March.So they set up a Crowdfunding page to raise money to provide a special celebration for residents.The couple managed to raise £631, which has been split between six care homes – Crofthead in Fauldhouse, Livingston Care Home, Redmill in East Whitburn, Burngrange in West Calder, Woodlands in Livingston and Heatherfield Care Home in Armadale.David said while they are disappointed they didn’t get a better response from their fundraising

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